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By Victoria Stilwell, Bloomberg |
December 5, 2013
The U.S. economy expanded in the third quarter at a faster pace than initially reported, led by the biggest increase in inventories since early 1998. Consumer spending slowed.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
November 7, 2013
The economy in the U.S. expanded in the third quarter at a faster pace than forecast, led by the biggest increase in inventories in more than a year as household purchases and business investment slowed.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
September 26, 2013
The economy expanded at faster pace in the second quarter from the previous three months, a sign the U.S. was weathering federal budget cutbacks and higher taxes.
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By Debarati Roy and Luzi Ann Javier, Bloomberg |
September 16, 2013
Speculators got less bullish on gold, selling long contracts at the fastest pace this year as prices fell the most in almost three months on prospects for less central-bank stimulus. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the retreat has further to go.
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By Joe Richter, Bloomberg |
September 3, 2013
Hedge funds and other speculators are making the biggest bet on a gold rally since January as mounting signs that the U.S. will lead a military strike against Syria drove prices to a three-month high.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
August 29, 2013
The U.S. economy expanded at a faster pace in the second quarter as a smaller trade deficit and gains in inventories overshadowed the effects of federal budget cutbacks.
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By Phil Flynn |
August 28, 2013
Surging oil on Syrian is raising fears that the global economy could be hurt by this rise in price. Precious metals are soaring but industrial metals are sputtering as traders fear that the global economy won't take well to rising oil prices.
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By Benjamin Haas, Bloomberg |
August 1, 2013
Companies such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc and China National Petroleum Corp. are starting to drill for gas and oil in shale rock in Sichuan, the nation’s most seismically active province, a process geologists say raises the risk of triggering quakes.
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By Shobhana Chandra and Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
July 16, 2013
The cost of living in the U.S. rose in June by the most in four months as gasoline prices increased, a sign inflation is advancing toward the Federal Reserve’s goal.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
June 18, 2013
The cost of living in the U.S. rose less than forecast in May, restrained by the first drop in food prices in almost four years and signaling inflation remains under control.
